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Two simple spray tips can make or break Canadian crops
Comment, Crops

Two simple spray tips can make or break Canadian crops

Before spraying your in-crop application, ‘keep it clean’ with these best practices

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Farmers have a lot on their plates as they head into the spraying season. The Canola Council of Canada, Cereals Canada and Pulse Canada are reminding growers of best practices that can have a major impact on marketing grain. Proper pesticide use is a critical factor in growing export-quality grain. As a world leader in
sclerotinia infected canola stems
Crops, Oilseeds

Is there any reason not to spray?

A wet spring has canola fields full of sclerotinia pathogens as flowering begins in earnest

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This season Manitoba canola growers shouldn’t be asking if they should be spraying fungicides — they should be asking themselves if there’s any possible reason they shouldn’t. Clinton Jurke, director of agronomy for the Canola Council of Canada, says it’s been a moist spring, yield looks good in much of the province and dense canopies
Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 11
Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 11

Conditions as of July 13, 2015

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Hot and humid weather conditions resulted in rapid crop growth across most of Manitoba. Generally, condition of most crop types is rated as good, although variability is noted across the province. Majority of acres and crop types have entered the flowering and grain fill stages of development. Although many areas did receive much needed rainfall,
crop trial plots
Oilseeds

Tips on applying dicamba/glyphosate tank mix on Xtend soybeans

The implications of residual control, plus mitigating drift and sprayer cleanout

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Roundup Ready Xtend soybeans, which can be safely sprayed with glyphosate and dicamba, offer many advantages, but there are several things to keep in mind when applying dicamba. Dicamba provides residual weed control — 14 days or even longer under certain conditions, Allan Froese, Monsanto’s technology development representative, said during a field day June 23.
Bruce Murray, DEKALB agronomist
Pulses

VIDEO: Roundup Ready Xtend crop system for soybeans, avoiding spray drift

Monsanto’s new Roundup Ready Xtend soybeans are glyphosate and dicamba tolerant. Here are some tips on avoiding dicamba drift

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Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson spoke with DEKALB agronomist Bruce Murray June 23 about Monsanto’s new Roundup Ready Xtend soybeans. Monsanto’s technical development representative Allan Froese also demonstrated how different nozzles affect spray droplet size.
spray nozzle demo
Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Select spray nozzle combinations from the comfort of your cab

Manitoba Ag Days New Product: Hypro-SHURflo offering new nozzle configurations, sturdier boom

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Hypro Duo React nozzle bodies are designed to give producers the ability to select different nozzle combinations from the cab with a remote control. Twin valves allow either or both nozzles to spray and both pneumatic-only or electro-pneumatic options are available. Pentair Hypro also offers a stainless steel boom upgrade – complete with the express end cap
Rene Heijmans of Wingssprayer
Crops, Local news

VIDEO: Wingssprayer system eliminates spray drift

Manitoba Ag Days Inventor's Showcase: Invention from the Netherlands could make big impact on the Prairies

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Invented by Harrie Hoeben of the Netherlands, Wingssprayer is designed to allow producers to use fine droplets while crop spraying without worrying about spray drift. The system virtually eliminates wind interference at the spray heads while also opening the canopy so herbicides or pesticides properly cover the plant and treat it further down. Wingssprayer’s Manitoba office is located in Rivers,
Eric Gray with his invention, FenderXtender at Manitoba Ag Days 2015
Crops, Local news

VIDEO: A simple solution to help keep mud build-up off your sprayer

Manitoba Ag Days Inventor's Showcase: FenderXtender

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Eric Gray is a custom applicator from Saskatchewan who saw the need for “easy-on, easy-off” fender extensions when using wide tires on high clearance sprayers. This video shows how quick and easy FenderXTender’s bolt-latch design easily retrofits to existing fenders. FenderXTender is also rust-resistant, dent-resistant and stackable for easy storage. FenderXTender is a must have to
The banded sunflower moth. The economic threshold for control in confectionery sunflowers is two per head. The ideal crop stage for control is R4 to R5.1.  
photo: anastasia kubinec MAFRD
Crops, Oilseeds

Time to scout sunflower fields

Farmers should be watching for two disease and insect pests

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Sunflower growers should scout their fields for sunflower rust, sclerotinia head rot, lygus bugs and the banded sunflower moth, says Anastasia Kubinec, oilseed specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. The four pests can affect sunflower yield and quality, especially in confectionery sunflowers where the seed is sold for human consumption. “You have to

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